St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-09
Sam Small Solemnly Affirms That Ee
Would Lose His Own Lie to Save
Human Souls.
Quoting Wise Proverb Of st. Paul foy
His Text He breaches to the
MinneapelitaEs.
In the Absence of His Colleague He Lays
Down Some Regulations About
How to Talk.
BeseeChing His Hearers to Let Their
Conversation Be As II Becometh
the Gospel of Christ.

even tenor of her way, though it is
hoped, rs sam Jones said, she has quit
her mealmeSS." Yesterday afternoon,
despite the heat. the big building was
crowded almost to Suffocaton, and last
night witnessed the same state of affairs.
Sam Small delivered no fearful fare
wells on either occasion, but simply an
nounced the close of the series and
added he and Sam Jones would be at
the Red Rock camp meeting in June.
His afternoon sermon was aS follows:
ST. Paul III writing 10 the Philippians
admoniShed them i'll these words;
Let your conversation be as
it becometh the Gospel of
Christ" And that word, "conversa-
mean our talk with one another, as
would be the common Interpretation of
the word; but this word translated,
conversation, means your manner of
life. And ii means this only. Let your
manner life rs Il citizen, as man-in
whatever relations You may find your
self in this WCrld-be rs it beCometh the
gospel of Christ. In the Psalms we
read this statement: The law of the
is perfect, converting the soul" The
statutes of the Lord are right" The
testimony of the Lord is sure, making
wise the simple" The statutes of the
Lord are ri ght, rejoicing the heart"
The commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eye" When we turn
to Ezekiel lie says this to us, and he says
II under the pressure of the Spirit of
God, conStraining him not to speak his
own words but to speak the language of
God himself to men; and he says;
H.. -a1 fr,p oil
from his wickedneSS that he hath com
mitted,~ and doeth that which is lawful
and right. he shall save his soul alive
In Job again read this: Thine own
mouth condemncth thee and not |. Yea,
thine own lips testify against thee" |
have read these passages of scripture
Because | want 80
TO BRING TIE WORD OF GOD
in all of its truth, III al OF its integrity,
upon this subject before you this after
noon. For God hath not appointed us
through the san'ctification of The Spirit
and the word of truth. And it is Gods
word which ought to have the power TO
reach our minds, TO reach our con-
sciences, to reach our hearts and to get
hold upon our immortal soul. / say to
you that ! believe there is nothing truer
in the word OF God than the statement
THAT the law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul" The law of the
Lord. given from the Almighty Him.
self, the source and center of all wis
must of necessity Be a perfect law.
And the only reason God should give
law at all is, that it may have appiica-
tion to the lives. the thoughts and
the deeds of men, in order that
they might be kept III purity and limo
cency, and hOlinG ,and not be led away
by the deceitful things of the world, by
the lustS of the body and the machina-
tiOns of the devil and be lost. The very
purpose of the law of God is not to en-
trap humanity in sins and tranSgreSSionS
and then damn them rem0rSelesSiy, ar
bitrarily. tyranically: the very purpose
of the law OF God is to save you, my
brother from death and hell. There is
but one thing that shows the great
yearning OF the heart of God after the
salvation of men; there is but one thing
greater than the stamp of. his love and
his mercy that rests upon his law; that
greater thing is the grace which is found
in the Lord Jesus Christ. If | say to
you that the law of Minnesota is perfect
WOULD TELL. a LIE
but still if | was to say that the law OF
the state of Minnesota is perfect to this
extent, that if a man will keep all the
law OF the state of Minnesota it will
make good citizen out of him, q law
abiding man, and save him from courts
and iuries and sheriffS and jails, and the
penitentiarieS and the gallowS, why you
say, that is q Fact. that is true. L say
that the law, OF Ilamlihe university, or
the state university are perfect for their
purpose, and that if man will abide by
them. and follow them out ScrupulOuSly,
theNWill make a good student out Of
him and finally thoroughly educated
man. Why, you say: That is plain
enough: that is plain enough PROPOSE
ton" | say that the laws of your
homes are perfect and if your children
obey those laws, and be guided by them,
and be loyal 10 them, they will grow up
to be good men and women;
Just a. it is so in
all these departments of life so it is in
superior, supreme and eternal sense
true that the law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul. If a man VII sub
nit himself to the law of God with the
same loyalty, with the same Integrity OF
purpose, with the same watchfulneSS
and care. with the same intense desire,
to guide an'd guard and guage every ac-
tion Of his b- the law OF God that he
does the law OF the state of Minnesota
dS liz IL a law ClIlLCH ilNit. lIlS
conversation, his manner OF life Will be
according to the law of God in the
realm of morals and of spiritual life. a
man says: Il cannot be a Christian. |
cannot be a good man. / cannot be
moral. upright. religious man." Brother,
that is silly, absolutely. That is a state
ment that has either one of two ear
marks upon it. 1t is either confession
of idiocy or lie. There never was a
day in the seventeen years OF my
RECKLESS, RIOTOUS AND SINFUL LIFE
when l could not have been religious,
moral and Christian man if ! had want
ed to be and willed to be. And there is
not sinful, irreligious, worldly, UNI
gOdiy man in this house to-day that can
not be Christian to-day, a religious
man to-day, GOd-fearing man to-day
and converted man to-day if he only
will. When you go out proclaiming the
fact that ! want to be religious and |
want to be a Christian. but | can't be,
you are telling something that every
Christian man OF woman knows is not
so. and YOU cannot fool yourself on that
line. You cannot fool your neighbors
and YOU cannot fool God. What good
did it do with my wife for me to 20
home drunk every night and get up in
the morning with headache and sick
and worrying around, and ask her TO
help me get myself up IN condition to
go out and look decent and respectable
and go about my work. by telling her /
was SO awful sorry / got drunk last
night, and l don't want to do
this way and l don't want to
ruin myself and character and all; |
want 10 be a good man. She knew
didn't want to be; knew ] was lying
about it all the time, because she knew
if had been honest about it had sense
enOugh to Know how 10 be. A man